The collection of Dr. Dexter C. Seymour, whose research on Georgia territorial gold coinage revolutionized the way today’s collectors view Templeton Reid, featured a number of notable coins, including the extremely rare and one of the finest known 1830 Templeton Reid $2.50. Housed in an AU-58 PCGS Secure holder, this amazing coin sold for a hefty $329,000 when it crossed the block.

One of the most impressive and historical collections of British gold coinage auctioned in the United States will fall under the gavel at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official Auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money — the largest national numismatic convention held in the United States — August 9-11, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois.